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CVE-2023-2177
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-04-20T21:15:08.997 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:51:55.450

Summary

A null pointer dereference issue was found in the sctp network protocol in net/sctp/stream_sched.c in Linux Kernel. If stream_in allocation is failed, stream_out is freed which would further be accessed. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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